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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2021
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Han-Wen Hu, Tainan, TW;
Yung-Chun Li, New Taipei, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A memory device and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation method includes: in a first phase, selecting a global signal line, selecting a first string select line, unselecting a second string select line, selecting a first word line, and unselecting a second word line; sensing during a second phase; in a third phase, keeping voltages of the global signal line, the selected first word line and the unselected second word line, unselecting the first string select line and selecting the second string select line to switch voltages of the first and the second string select lines; and sensing during a fourth phase.